Teresa Cheng

Teresa Cheng (11 November 1958-) was the Hong Kong Secretary of Justice from 6 January 2018, succeeding Rimsky Yuen.

Biography
Teresa Cheng was born in Hong Kong in 1958, and she became a lawyer in England, Wales, and Hong Kong in 1987, in Australia in 1990, and in Singapore in 1995. She served in many academic and judicial capacities before becoming Secretary of Justice in 2018 under Premier Carrie Lam. In this role, she was the chief legal officer responsible for the suppression of the 2019 anti-China protests.